OpenGlyph — Catalogue of the American Public DomainJurisdiction: United StatesRev. 2026.08
Images / art

Two archives, queried live.

Every record below comes from The Met or Smithsonian Open Access and was filtered on that archive’s own rights field before it reached this page. 24 shown for “Torso of Christ” — 64 records examined, 32 dropped by the rights gate.

Archives queried 2026-09-04 02:47 UTC · fetched live for this request

Object
Public domainThe Met’s isPublicDomain field is true for this object.
CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian’s metadata_usage.access reads CC0 — a waiver, not an expired term.
Not shownAnything failing its archive’s rights field is dropped server-side and never appears here.
Torso of Christ

Torso of Christ

Artist not stated in the record · late 12th century

Public domainThe Met
A Torso of the Dead Christ, by Carlo Maratti, Italian, 1625 - 1713

A Torso of the Dead Christ

Carlo Maratti, Italian, 1625 - 1713 · 1650–1700

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Torso, by Auguste Rodin

Torso

Auguste Rodin · modeled ca. 1877–78, cast 1979

Public domainThe Met
Dead Christ, by Angelo Solimena, Italian, ca. 1630-1716

Dead Christ

Angelo Solimena, Italian, ca. 1630-1716 · 17th–early 18th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Torso of a Bodhisattva, by Sahri-Bahlol Workshop

Torso of a Bodhisattva

Sahri-Bahlol Workshop · ca. 5th century

Public domainThe Met
Study for Christ, Chancel of St. Bartholomew, New York, by Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909

Study for Christ, Chancel of St. Bartholomew, New York

Francis Augustus Lathrop, American, 1849–1909 · 1893–94

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Stand, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Stand

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1825–50

Public domainThe Met
drapery study for costumed male torso, by Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923

drapery study for costumed male torso

Elihu Vedder, American, 1836 – 1923 · ca. 1890

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Candle Stand, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Candle Stand

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1800–1840

Public domainThe Met
Torso

Torso

Artist not stated in the record · 1st century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Blanket Chest, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Blanket Chest

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1835–75

Public domainThe Met
Anatomical Sketches of Heads and Torsos, by Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900

Anatomical Sketches of Heads and Torsos

Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · 1877–80

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Rocking Chair, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Rocking Chair

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1820–50

Public domainThe Met
Corsetted Female Torso

Corsetted Female Torso

Artist not stated in the record · late 19th century

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Revolving Chair, by United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”)

Revolving Chair

United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing (“Shakers”) · 1840–70

Public domainThe Met
Sketchbook Page: Woman's Torso, by Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919

Sketchbook Page: Woman's Torso

Kenyon Cox, American, 1856–1919 · 1883

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Shrine of the Virgin

Shrine of the Virgin

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1300

Public domainThe Met
Male Torso From a Plaster Cast, by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Male Torso From a Plaster Cast

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Crucified Christ

Crucified Christ

Artist not stated in the record · ca. 1260–80

Public domainThe Met
Male Torso From a Plaster Cast, by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Male Torso From a Plaster Cast

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Torso of a High General

Torso of a High General

Artist not stated in the record · 4th century BCE

Public domainThe Met
Nude Female Torso, by Carl Newman, born Philadelphia, PA 1858-died Abington, PA 1932

Nude Female Torso

Carl Newman, born Philadelphia, PA 1858-died Abington, PA 1932

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
Buddha

Buddha

Artist not stated in the record · 3rd century CE

Public domainThe Met
Female Torso From a Plaster Cast, by Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906

Female Torso From a Plaster Cast

Daniel Huntington, American, 1816–1906 · 1840

CC0 (public-domain equivalent)Smithsonian
What was queried

Where these records came from.

Two archives are wired, and only two. Each one is filtered on its own rights field — never on a title match, and never on the presence of an image file.

  • The Met Collection API (Open Access)Rights field: isPublicDomain. 6998 matched · 24 examined · 5 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where isPublicDomain === true and a file URL was published.12 shown
  • Smithsonian Open Access API (api.si.edu)Rights field: content.descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access. 2863806 matched · 40 examined · 27 dropped by the rights gate. Kept only where metadata_usage.access === "CC0" and an image resource was published.12 shown

These figures describe the pass run at 2026-09-04 02:47 UTC, during this request. A completed pass is kept for 24 hours and replayed for an identical search, which is what keeps repeated queries inside Smithsonian’s 30-requests-per-hour allowance. A pass in which either archive failed to answer is never kept — an outage must not be replayed as though it were a finding about the catalogue.

Wikimedia Commons and the Library of Congress are deliberately not wired. Wikimedia was confirmed, on a live query, to return CC-BY material inside the same result set as genuine public domain works, and filtering it safely has not been designed yet. loc.gov was blocked by bot detection during the source evaluation, so its rights vocabulary has never been observed — and nothing here is built on a field nobody has read.

An image file is a rights claim. It never travels without its field.